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iland Cloud Infrastructure to Support VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace™(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Houston, TX (PRWEB) December 03, 2012 iland™ Internet Solutions, the global cloud infrastructure provider and VMware Service Provider Partner of the Year Global 2012, today announced it has reached an agreement with VMware to support the VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace™. This newly created marketplace by VMware offers a wide variety of real world applications ranging from open source to commercial applications, contributed by leading developers, independent software vendors, independent hardware vendors, content providers and system integrators. The applications can be easily deployed, scaled, managed and customized using VMware vFabric™ Application Director™, a leading cloud application provisioning solution. iland also announced it has selected VMware vFabric Application Director as the application modeling component for its next generation of hosted cloud infrastructure services. A cloud-enabled application provisioning solution, VMware vFabric Application Director features a self service deployment automation interface enabling users to model and provision any multi-tier complex application on private, public and hybrid clouds. This unique model-driven approach reduces initial deployment as well as ongoing application maintenance time from days to minutes leading to increased business agility and operational efficiency while maintaining IT control. iland sees VMware vFabric Application Director as a critical component of the software defined datacenter, giving users enhanced flexibility by enabling them to deploy and update complex applications across multiple clouds and development environments. Not only will it help users to better compete in their markets, but the sharing of these applications through the VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace can create a collaborative environment. “As a VMware service provider partner, we are delighted to support the VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace™. We believe it makes the sharing of innovation and ideas simple, enabling users to collaborate quickly and inexpensively while increasing the number and variety of leading-edge applications built using VMware vFabric™ Application Director™,” commented Dante Orsini, SVP Business Development, iland. “VMware vFabric Application Director will allow us to work closely with ISV partners looking to cloud-enable their applications at a much faster rate. In addition, this advanced technology will enable them to provision, maintain and update applications into any cloud, not just a VMware-based cloud”. “Customers are looking to partner with public cloud providers that offer technologies compatible with their private cloud technology stack,” said Shahar Erez, director, Application Management Products, VMware. “With iland, enterprises can attain the benefits of the software-defined datacenter with on-demand access to a wide variety of applications. We are pleased to have iland in the VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace™, offering a rich library of real world applications on trusted cloud destinations.” About iland iland Internet Solutions, VMware's Service Provider Partner of the Year Global and Americas, provides hosted cloud infrastructure services in North America and Europe that enable customers to leverage enterprise class infrastructure in the form of virtual datacenters with flexible billing and capacity models. Solutions include secure hosted environments for virtual servers and desktops, test and development, cloud-based disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud services to maximize the value of existing VMware based environments. For more information, please visit http://www.iland.com VMware, Cloud Applications Marketplace, VMware vFabric and Application Director are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/12/prweb10190515.htm (c) 2012 PRWEB.COM Newswire |